EP 194: Church Hurt and the Biker Ministry: John Smith: Part One

Have you been hurt by the church? Are you done with all the betrayal, pain, and suffering? John Smith knows exactly what that is like. He experienced it when planting churches in Arizona and starting a biker ministry to those seeking Christ. John candidly tells us about how he came to know Christ, start his ministry and suffered abuse from the people he served with. Join us! Here is the link of my guest interview on John's podcast Open Wounds! https://youtu.be/SNrwoX4_tMQ?si=P_URmacUX8eHA2cV I'm the pastor at Maricopa Alliance Church in Maricopa, AZ. My new podcast "Open Wounds" is a journey we can all take together to learn ways to overcome church-hurt. I'm married with 2 adult children. Http://youtube.com/@OpenWoundsPodcast/ email: openwounds@maricopaalliance.org Link Tree Website: https://dswministries.org Email: diana@dswministries.org Social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DSW-Ministries-230135337033879 Twitter: https://twitter.com/DswMinistries YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxgIpWVQCmjqog0PMK4khDw/playlists Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dswministries/ https://dswministries.org/subscribe-to-podcast/ Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Stitcher, Listen Notes Keep in touch with me! Email subscribe to get my handpicked list of the best resources for abuse survivors! https://thoughtful-composer-4268.ck.page #abuse #trauma Mentoring https://youtu.be/WWgkERpkIoY An easy way to help my ministry: https://dswministries.org/product/buy-me-a-cup-of-tea/ A donation link: https://dswministries.org/donate/ Affiliate links: Can’t travel to The Holy Land right now? The next best thing is Walking The Bible Lands! Get a free video sample of the Bible lands here! https://www.walkingthebiblelands.com/a/18410/hN8u6LQP Get one free month of Blubrry podcast hosting with the promotional code: FAITHFUL http://create.blubrry.com/resources/podcast-media-hosting/?code=FAITHFUL Get quality podcast guests and interviews from PodMatch! Get paid to be a host! Sign up below: https://podmatch.com/signup/faithful Visit my friends at the Heal Thrive Dream Boutique for some cool T-shirts, jewelry and other merch! Simply share the discount code we created just for you and receive a 10% discount on your order!  DIANA98825  https://www.htd-boutique.com/ Bible Study Notebook From Karen Robinson! Check it out! https://www.htd-boutique.com/products/bible-planner-for-survivors-includes-prayer-requests-sermon-notes-bible-study-notes-and-other-note-pages-to-enrich-your-spiritual-life John Smith Part One [00:00:00] ​ [00:00:05] Welcome to the Wounds of the Faithful podcast, brought to you by DSW Ministries. Your host is singer, songwriter, speaker, and domestic violence advocate, Diana Winkler. She is passionate about helping survivors in the church heal from domestic violence and abuse and trauma. This podcast is not a substitute for professional counseling or qualified medical help. [00:00:31] Now, here is Diana. [00:00:38] Hey everybody out there. How are you doing? Thanks for listening to the podcast. Thanks for joining me today. [00:00:47] I'm still here. [00:00:48] Couple weeks ago, I was a guest on a show called Open Wounds Podcast. And that was started by Pastor John Smith. I'm [00:01:00] going to leave a link in the show notes for you to listen to our conversation, but, we felt it was a good match because, you know, he's talking about open wounds and my podcast is the wounds of the faithful. [00:01:14] So. [00:01:15] Uh, that we really should get together and record something. So I had a conversation with him about my story on Church Hurt, and we had so much fun that I invited him to also record on my podcast. and tell his story of church hurt. So he is a pastor in Maricopa. That is about an hour or so south of me.